This publication is is the result of a Fish and Wildlife Countermeasures Coordination Project undertaken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The goals of the project include the development of national “best practices” using...

This special edition of Fish & Wildlife News provides a glimpse of what Service employees from coast to coast are already doing to reconnect children with nature. From the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, where youngsters...

This is a panel discussion with five former Director's of the Fish and Wildlife Service which include; Lynn Greenwalt, John Turner, Jaime Rappaport Clark, Steve Williams, and Dale Hall. Also present is the current Director of the Fish and...

David Janes oral history interview as conducted by Dorothe Norton. Along with working at various refuges, David Janes worked out of the regional offices in Region 5 and Region 6. He retired in 1997 as a GS-12 Land Acquisition Planning Biologist...

Tom Dougherty and Larry Schweiger oral history interview with Jennifer Jones and Mark Madison. The topic of the discussion is the National Wildlife Federation and its history. It is unclear whether either Mr. Dougherty or Mr. Schweiger are Fish...

Work of the Service; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife management; Land development; Roads;

Executive summary , DOI DES 12-8. Congress authorized the Secretary of the Interior to exchange lands within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge for lands owned by the State of Alaska and the King Cove Corporation for the purpose of constructing...

Jay Eisenhart oral history interview as conducted by Mark Madison. During the summer of his college years, Jay Eisenhart worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service doing the Rampart Dam Survey in Alaska. He then became involved with trapping,...

Joe Spicciani oral history interview with Ed Grossman. It should be noted that, at the time of this interview, Mr. Spicciani was still employed with the Fish and Wildlife Service as the Skipper of the research vessel Curlew.

Engaging, educating, and employing our nation’s youth in conservation are major priorities for the Department of the Interior (Department), and in 2009 the Youth in the Great Outdoors (YGO) initiative was established.

This is Part 3 of 4 transcripts from the Patuxent Science Symposium, 75th Anniversary of the Patuxent Science Center. It includes speakers who talk about their time at working at Patuxent and some of the work they did. This transcript includes the...

Jim McCuag oral history interview as conducted by John Cornely. Note that Mr. McCuag is a retiree of the Canadian Wildlife Service, as well as being the Canadian director of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.